during the last economic crisis even in some developed economies, and the income discrepancy between richer and poorer … inequalities can be measured in many ways - the extent of inequality may be mapped in terms of demography, income and wealth … terms of household income distribution. The empirical evidence comes from the GUS, Istat and Bank of Italy databases and has …

decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 …

and spanning 22 years, first, to test hypothesis that there is within-country income convergence. Second, through a … decomposition of the poverty convergence elasticity, the analysis investigates whether this convergence, if it exists, has … analysis finds evidence of both income and poverty convergence among municipalities. As a cause of these, the results point to …